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These restorations of the Barberini Faun may have enhanced the sexual aspect of the statue. Because of this, the statue has acquired a reputation as an example of erotic art. Nudity in Greek art was nothing new; however, the blatant sexuality of this work makes it most interesting to twentieth-century eyes.
The Bust of Francesco Barberini is a marble sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. It was executed in 1623. It was commissioned by Pope Urban VIII, who was a nephew of Francesco Barberini, an apostolic protonotary. Francesco had died in 1600, so Bernini created the bust from ...
Togatus Barberini is a Roman marble sculpture from around the first-century AD [1] that depicts a full-body figure, referred to as a togatus, holding the heads of deceased ancestors in either hand. [2] It is housed in the Centrale Montemartini in Rome, Italy (formerly in the Capitoline Museums). [1]
The Palazzo Barberini was designed for Pope Urban VIII, a member of the Barberini family, by the sixteenth-century architect Carlo Maderno on the old location of Villa Sforza. Its central salon ceiling was decorated by Pietro da Cortona with the visual panegyric of the Allegory of Divine Providence and Barberini Power . [ 3 ]
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The Barberini Hera, also known as Barberini Juno, is a Roman sculpture believed to be a copy of a Greek original depicting either Hera or Juno, two prominent goddesses in ancient mythology. Unearthed in Rome during the late 17th century, this sculpture now resides in the Museo Pio-Clementino.
The Memorial to Carlo Barberini is a large memorial, featuring two allegorical statues and an inscription. It was designed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini upon the death of Carlo in 1630, and subsequently executed by Bernini and his workshop.
The Barberini Venus, Jenkins Venus [1] or Weddell Venus is a sculpture and copy of the Aphrodite of Cnidus, along the lines of the Venus de Medici. Its torso is a Hadrianic copy in Parian marble of the same type as the Venus de' Medici, with 18th-century restorations.